The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-19
snan girls needed. anyway, and just see
how much Margery saved"

saving All Winter, IN spite Oh SnriSlmas
and every thing. to give toward the
new chancel window that was to be
placed in the church. 1t WAS expected
that the offerings of the coming Easter
would amount to enough to buy it.
Miss Sylvester. Dilly's Sunday School
teacher, had said that she hoped her
pupils would deny themselves. and
make their Easter offerings as large as
possible. If Dilly didn't get the prize,
she wouldn't have single cent for an
Easter offering.
She went to the barn as soon as she
reached home TO take another survey of
old Crumple and her new calf. and
make up her mind as to their pictur-
esque possibilities.
She seated herself upon an inverted
cask and went TO work at once. Crum-
pie was very Obliging model, but the
new calf was frisky and would not keep
still. He had queer, scraggy body,
set up on four knobby, stilt-like legs.
He had no tail to speak of, and seemed
TO he all ears.
1t was warm afternoon in March,
the first spring-like day of the year.
The great barn doors were wide open,
letting i'm flood of sunshine, and the
hens and turkeys-regularly let out by
Abram. the "hired man." for q
Wednesday and Saturday half-holiday
were wandering in and out, clucking
and scratching, their spirits evidently
elated by the feeling of spring in the
air. The old gobbler spread his wings
until they scraped the floor, and
strutted majestically before Oily, as if
to show her how much more worthy he
was of being put into picture than
old Crumple and her calf, and the pert
young bantam rooster was so anxious
to bring himself into notice that he
perched upon the ladder and persisted
in growing rs shrilly rs if it were five
O'Clock in the morning. although his
mother and the other matrons loudly
clucked scOrn At him.
sgd came in, and began TO reckon,
with piece of chalk on barrel-head,
the probable expense of keeping three
guinea-pigs which had been offered
him as pets; they were bewitchingly
curly-tailed, and Sgd wanted them-he
was but boy, although he had such a
prudent mind-but he couldn't make
the figures come small enough, and he
renowned the guinea-pigs with Il great
sigh.
.'Oh, sgd. can't draw him, he is SC
ugly!" said Oily, laying her pencil
down and echoing his sigh.
He looks somehow as if he didn't
all belong togethcr-like dissected ami
mails when You get them mixed up"
said sgd. surveying the calf with al
unprecedented air.
81 believe l can draw horses better.
anyway" said billy. Il wish Beauty's
colt hadn't grown up and been sold.
There never was colt like Aladdin,
anyway"
THAT 'Laddin of yourn? Well, he
was fair to middlin' for looks"
They both started at the voice. Josh
Haight was coming in at the barn door.
He was an awkward, hulking fellow
of sixteen, generally considered some
what foolish" who lived on ''the
back road" nearly mile out of the
village. He went about doing odd
jobs, and was on familiar terms with
every body:
But l just wish you could see colt
that we've got TO our place s-parsterin'
for city gentleman continued Josh.
''Oh, is he very pretty?" cried billy.
eagerly. "And does he look at all like
Beauty? Would YOU let me draw
him?"
81 guess there's more'n you that
wants to draw 'im," said Josh, shak-
ing his head with an air of great i'm
portance. But you're always kind o.
an them's uncommon good
cherries you've got in your garden"
You shall have ever so many when
they're ripe, JOSH" said billy, IF
you'll bring the colt over here two or
three afternoons | want to sketch
him standing beside Beauty"
Just say it in quarts an pecks,"
said Josh, who, although he was fool
iSh, was still Yankee.
Five, six quarts peek" said Oily,
Il expect it's worth more'n a peck
of cherries 10 draw i'm. but I'm one
that likes to do favor. You mustn't
say nothing about it. cause mebbe his
owner wouldn't want him drawed. /
can't bring him reg'lar. but I'll bring
him whenever / can. Them cherries
must be blackhearts you know"
He was prettier colt than Aladdin.
Oily elapped her hands with delight at
the first sight she had of him; and
when Josh brought him over, his nat
urally lively spirits were subdued by